Algeria vs Mauritania
Algeria vs Mauritania: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 0.7% in Algeria and 1% in Mauritania, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mauritania, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1.39 times that in Algeria.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Mauritania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Algeria ranked 199 and Mauritania ranked 196 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Algeria | Mauritania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7 | 1 | – |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 0.7 | 1 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 0.7 | 1 | 32 |
| 2009 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32 |
| 2008 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32 |
| 2007 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 33 |
| 1991 | 0.7 | 0.9 | – |
| 1990 | 0.7 | 0.9 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Mauritania
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Mauritania: 68.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Mauritania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mauritania: 30.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Mauritania: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Mauritania: 6.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Mauritania: 5.02 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Mauritania: 2.95% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Mauritania: 4.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Mauritania: 61.5% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Mauritania: 17.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Mauritania: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Mauritania: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Mauritania: 2.75% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Mauritania: $315M in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Mauritania: $61 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Mauritania: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Mauritania: 21,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Mauritania: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Mauritania: 2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Mauritania: 126 million TIV in 2024